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@uitrit faire @anni @fitta WILLIAM H. SMITH, OF NEW YRK, N. Y., ASSIGNORTO HIMSELF AND ISRAEL HEGKER. i v

Letters .Patent No. 77,774, dated May 12, v1868.-

SINKER FOB. FISHING-LINES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY'CONCERN: l l

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. SMITH, of New York, in the county of NewYork, and in the State of New York, have invented certain new'and usefulImprovements in Sinkers for Angling-Lines; and do hereby declaro -thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description'v thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawingsz and to the letters ofreference marked thereon.

In the annexed drawings, making part of this specication, L A are tw'oconical-shapedv metallio vtips or ends to a sinker, which are madehollow from end to end. In Figure QJhe outer ends of these tips areprovided with metallic pins, B B, and these pins have swivel-rings', C`C, secured to theiifouter ends.. i I

To the inner end of one of these tips is secured aserew-shaft, Gr, andin the inner end ofthe other is a nut, H, to t the thread of the shaft.y .r

D D represent a series of metallic disks, .which are provided with holesthrough their centres. These disks slip over the shaft G. -The shaft ismade' long enough torreceive several of the disks, so that thesinker'may be made heavier, if desired. The screw-shaft in Figure ishollow; so that thc line can be passed through the sinker in the linexx.

In iig. 2, the line is passed through the swivellrings C C, and runs onthe outside of, insteadof; through, the centre of the sinker. vWhen theline passes through the-Sinkel', as in fig. 1, it can be fastened orsecured to it by means of pins, or by some adjustable inode by which thesinkcr may be shifted on theline'at pleasure.

The sinker is made lighter by decreasing the number of disks, andheavier by increasing them, of course.

The nut H may be dispensed with, by making a female *screw in theopposite inner end of the tip to that which contains the shaft- G. i A

Having thus fully described my invention, what'I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Making a sinker in two parts, and in such a mannerthat sections or disksmay be ,added to or taken from it, for the purpose of increasing ordiminishing'its weight, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto-set my hand-andseal, this 4th day of November, 186.7.

WM. H. SMITH. [1.. s]

A Witnesses: v

GEO. W. MCADAM, DAVID MGADAM.

